UPDATE: Alpha student out of surgery, now in intensive care after police shooting

The illegal taxi in which the student was travelling when the police opened fire injuring the child

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is reporting that the 15-year-old Kingston student who was this morning shot by the police has undergone emergency surgery and is now recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of the Kingston Public Hospital.

In the meantime, INDECOM says its investigators are probing the incident.

IN PHOTO: Fiery protest in Kingston after the shooting of the girl

The female student of the Convent of Mercy Academy (Alpha) was hit when police personnel reportedly opened fire on an illegal taxi at the intersection of North Street and Mark Lane in Kingston about 7 o'clock this morning.

INDECOM says it reported that the police signalled the vehicle to stop and after the driver complied, a cop opened fire at the vehicle.

A gaping bullet hole could be seen in the back windscreen of the white Honda motor car through which the bullet came before it hit the child.